1994 escort fuel rail???????

:confused:How do you take the fuel rail loose on a 1994 escort with a 1.9? I had about 1/4 inch of the number 4 exhaust valve seat fail.after taking the head in to the machine shop the machine shop guy told me to take the intake off to make sure the piece is not in there.The inlet I can just take off at the fuel filter but the return I am not sure how to do it,I thought about cutting it and splicing it:nono:. Anyone have any suggestions I would love to hear them.:banghead:

Are you trying to disconnect the fuel hose/tube system? (DO NOT cut this thing!) There is a special "fit-all" disconnect tool that is avail at all parts stores ... looks kinda like a pair of scissors. Easy to use ... after the "first/learning" time.

A very cheap and common tool at the part stores will pop this right off. It is a small circular plastic piece that slips into the connector and pops it loose. It should come with various sizes so you should have one for each fuel line.

It is very possible that you will have parts of your valve up in the intake. Clean it out good before you put it back on or else your repaired engine will just suck bits of metal right back into it.

what mightymosse said. a Kit of every disconect tool you need from Ford A/C to GM/ford Fuel and Tranny is about 28$. just for a few time use ford fuel rail is 5 $ but you probebly have two sizes

http://www.autopart.com/tools/toolsmain/tool/T_3450.htm
http://www.autopart.com/tools/toolsmain/tool/T_A370.htm
http://www.autopart.com/tools/toolsmain/tool/T_3470.htm
The links are pictures of various tools. Most parts stores carry them.

I suggest the kit in the first picture. It will have what you need and should be less than $10.

If the quick-disconnect fittings havent been apart in a long time, I expect you will have to use a good hard push to get the fittings on the end of the hose to drop down out of the fittings in the end of the fuel rail. You have to push down on the circular tool, to make the spring expand, but even then the hose probably wont be easy to 'unplug'. You dont want to push down on the fuel rail any harder than what it takes to expand the 'keeper spring' -- but rather pull down (and rotate & wiggle slightly) on each of the two metal fittings below the ends of the fuel rail. I only grip them by hand, avoiding pliers.
Then you need to put something over the end of the fuel lines to keep dirt out, and over the ends of the fuel rail openings if the intake manifold is moving around the workshop. Just before I reconnect the fuel feed line (the bigger fitting) to the fuel rail, I turn on the ignition, to squirt some fuel out, to eliminate dirt.

I dont find it easy to splice those fuel lines. Inside the rubber hose that you see is a smaller plastic tube that actually carries the fuel. Same story for the feedline coming from the fuel filter. That plastic tubing is fairly stiff, not easy to work with.

Folks, make sure you release fuel pressure first. /late